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Action Without Meeting Motions

Document listing the three motions made during the WASP Board of Directors meeting held in Nashville, TN on March 25, 2006.

Date: May 10, 2006

Item Type: Report

[Card sent from Old & Third National Bank to Doris Tanner]

Card from the Old & Third National Bank of Union City, Tennessee congratulating Doris Tanner on her recent appearance in the newspaper. The card contains a clipping about Tanner's recent visit to Washington, D.C. advocating on behalf of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Date: 1977~

Creator: Old & Third National Bank of Union City

Item Type: Text

Charlyne Creger: An Oral History

Transcript of and oral history interview of Charlyne Creger conducted by interviewer, Dawn Letson. They discuss Creger's family history, her life growing up in Oklahoma, and her life and career after entering and graduating the Women Airforce Service Pilots. An index of subjects discussed is listed at the end of the interview.

Date: May 26, 1988

Creator: Letson, Dawn & Creger, Charlyne

Item Type: Text

[Clipping: "A WASP Goes to Washington"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Doris Tanner and her meetings with congressional representatives to discuss WASP receiving veteran status.

Date: March 29, 1977

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: About Town]

Newspaper clipping with an article about a phone call Ouida Jewell got from someone about a news story about the WASP seeking veteran benefits from the government, her experience in the WASP program, and a story about Casey Jones.

Date: October 29, 1976

Creator: Jewell, Ouida

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: "Ex-WASPs Ask Veterans' Benefits"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the WASP demanding veteran benefits and reasons why their demands were opposed.

Date: May 26, 1977

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: First Women Set To Fly Jets"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about female Air Force pilots being trained to fly jets.

Date: September 11, 1976

Creator: Rowland, Diane

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: Help, at Last]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Senate's decision to finally grant veteran benefits to the WASP.

Date: October 22, 1977

Creator: Grehl, Michael

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: "Leapfrogs Parachute Over Avenger Field"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the US Navy's Leapfrogs coming to parachute over Avenger Field and another about Doris Tanner's biography of Jacqueline Cochran.

Date: September 25, 1986

Creator: Redden, Gail

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: "Senate Helps WASPS"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about veteran benefits being granted to former WASP.

Date: October 21, 1977

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: 'Silver Wings and Santiago Blue' Retells the Story of the WASPs]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the history of the WASP, the death of Cornelia Fort, training at Avenger Field, and Barbara Robinson's experiences in the program.

Date: January 25, 1981

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: Soaring Among the Clouds]

Magazine clipping from American Profile "Soaring Among the Clouds" by Jackie Sheckler Finch discussing the life of Evelyn Johnson accomplished pilot.

Date: unknown

Creator: Finch, Jackie Sheckler

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: "War Remembered by Women Pilots"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about World War 2 and the WASP.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping: WASP Hunt Centers on Some Recognition]

Newspaper clipping with an article about the WASP, their contribution to the war effort, their lack of veterans' benefits, and their reunions.

Date: October 20, 1976

Creator: Kueck, Bruce

Item Type: Clipping

Cornelia Fort

Biography of Cornelia Fort, a pilot in the Women's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron (WAFS) who died in a plane crash on March 21, 1943. It includes details about Fort's childhood, education, and love of flying.

Date: November 1980

Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Correspondence from the WASP Board of Directors to the WASP membership, May 23, 2006]

Correspondence from the WASP Board of Directors to the WASP membership discussing the plan to hire an executive director to manage the organization's administrative affairs. It includes a narrow orange card encouraging members to vote "yes," a letter from the board explaining why they want to hire an executive director and how the position would be funded, a sheet listing possible alternatives to hiring an executive director, a copy of the Ad-Hoc Committee's recommendations, and a copy of the A… more

Date: May 23, 2006

Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)

Item Type: Letter

[Draft of Letter to WASP Membership]

Draft of a letter from the WASP Board of Directors to the WASP membership discussing the organization's future. The board explains why it wants to hire an executive director to manage the group's administrative affairs, how such an arrangement would work, and how the position would be funded.

Date: May 24, 2006

Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley

Item Type: Letter

[Email Correspondence from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board]

Email correspondence from WASP president Caro Bosca to the WASP board regarding materials mailed to the organization's members. The first page includes a handwritten note that says "Ballot returned. 'Yes' response to hire Exec. Dir."

Date: May 24, 2006

Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley

Item Type: Letter

[Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board Members, May 2, 2006]

Email from WASP President Caro Bosca to the members of the WASP board concerning the Action Without Meeting Ballot and related materials she mailed to them. She asks them to return their ballots as soon as possible to ensure compliance with the organization's by-laws.

Date: May 2, 2006

Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley

Item Type: Letter

International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001

Supplementary publication outlining events and information for the 25th International Forest of Friendship celebration, which memorializes contributors to aviation and aerospace with engraved plaques in the forest. It includes portraits and biographical sketches for the 40 people to be honored in 2001.

Date: June 14, 2001

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Letter from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors, May 1, 2006]

Letter from WASP President Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors concerning the board meeting that took place March 25, 2006 in Nashville, TN.

Date: May 1, 2006

Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Catherine Murphy to the WASP Board of Directors, May 29, 2006]

Letter from Catherine Murphy to the WASP Board of Directors discussing her concerns with the proposal to hire an Executive Director.

Date: May 29, 2006

Creator: Murphy, Catherine A.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Charlyne Creger, December, 1995]

Letter from Charlyne Creger discussing the past year's activities, such as traveling, seeing old friends, attending WASP events, and visiting her sister, Violet.

Date: December 1995

Creator: Creger, Charlyne

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing Christmas, correspondence, the end of the WASP, and trying to get transportation. Written on Red Cross stationary.

Date: December 23, 1944

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

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Action Without Meeting Motions

[Card sent from Old & Third National Bank to Doris Tanner]

Charlyne Creger: An Oral History

[Clipping: "A WASP Goes to Washington"]

[Clipping: About Town]

[Clipping: "Ex-WASPs Ask Veterans' Benefits"]

[Clipping: First Women Set To Fly Jets"]

[Clipping: Help, at Last]

[Clipping: "Leapfrogs Parachute Over Avenger Field"]

[Clipping: "Senate Helps WASPS"]

[Clipping: 'Silver Wings and Santiago Blue' Retells the Story of the WASPs]

[Clipping: Soaring Among the Clouds]

[Clipping: "War Remembered by Women Pilots"]

[Clipping: WASP Hunt Centers on Some Recognition]

Cornelia Fort

[Correspondence from the WASP Board of Directors to the WASP membership, May 23, 2006]

[Draft of Letter to WASP Membership]

[Email Correspondence from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board]

[Email from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board Members, May 2, 2006]

International Forest of Friendship, 25th Celebration, 2001

[Letter from Caro Bosca to the WASP Board of Directors, May 1, 2006]

[Letter from Catherine Murphy to the WASP Board of Directors, May 29, 2006]

[Letter from Charlyne Creger, December, 1995]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, December 23, 1944]